2. Properly cite April Fools’ Day jokes. First off, it’s not the singular April Fool’s Day; there are plenty of patsies, stooges and chumps. If you’re planning hijinks for April Fools’ Day—or writing a guide to pull off the perfect office prank—make sure to use “sneaked” as the past tense of “sneak”:

The word “sneaked” is preferred as past tense of “sneak.” Do not use the colloquial “snuck.”

You should still capitalize it if your bracket is a marketing ploy, such as Walt Disney World Resort’s bracket for visitors’ favorite attraction. TLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress” created a “March Maddress” bracket, but capitalized its play on the word.

5. It’s “gambling,” not “gaming.” If you put money into your office’s March Madness pool, you’re gambling, not playing a game.

Gambling is the preferred term for games of chance. Use gaming only in quotes or proper names, or when referring to video games. pic.twitter.com/RgTvsG6NLc

Though AP style is to omit the Oxford comma, many organizations’ internal style guides include its use. Communicators’ contention over the mark was increased recently after a court case was decided based on the absence of the serial comma.

8. Cooperate and coordinate are exceptions. If you’re using these words to describe a brainstorming session or a collaborative campaign, AP style dictates that you don’t use a hyphen.

Though you would use a hyphen with most prefixes ending in a vowel and preceding a word that starts with the same vowel, those two are the exception:

Except for cooperate and coordinate, use a hyphen if the prefix ends in a vowel and the word that follows begins with the same vowel.

10. Deliver the right ratios. If your next article uses ratios to report statistics, AP Stylebook says to use hyphens and omit the word “to” if the number precedes the word “ratio.” Here are a few examples:

Use figures and hyphens for ratios: a ratio of 2-to-1, a 2-1 ratio, 1 in 4 voters. When numbers precede “ratio,” omit the word “to.”